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2009 SESSION
SENATE CALENDAR FOR January 26, 2009 ... pdf
- Senate Bills on Third Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- Senate Bills on Third Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- Senate Bills on Second Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- Senate Bills on Second Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- Senate Bills on First Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- Senate Bills on First Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- Senate Joint Resolutions on Third Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- Bills or Resolutions Rereferred ... report | csv file
- House Bills Read First Time and Referred ... report | csv file
- House Joint Resolution Received and Laid on the Clerk's Desk ... report | csv file
- Senate Bills and Resolutions Referred ... report | csv file
- Resolutions Presented ... report | csv file
Senate Bills on Third Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 851 Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2009; created.
- SB 852 Parking Facilities Bond Act of 2009; created.
- SB 857 Charter; Town of Blacksburg.
- SB 858 Transient occupancy tax; Giles County may impose at rate not to exceed 5% to promote tourism.
- SB 869 Charter; City of Fredericksburg.
- SB 883 Charter; Town of Warsaw.
- SB 896 Duty to file lists of renters, etc.; provide name & address thereof to commissioner of revenue.
- SB 904 Neighborhood Assistance Act tax credits; extends sunset date to July 1, 2011.
- SB 929 Charter; City of Alexandria.
- SB 985 Income tax, state; conforms State tax system with Internal Revenue Code.
- SB 1003 Public hearings; notice of and locality must hold prior to increasing its real property tax.
- SB 1004 Energy-efficient buildings for local taxes; adds architects to those persons authorized to certify.
- SB 1025 Transient occupancy tax; authorizes Greene County to impose.
- SB 1033 Licensed farm wineries; restrictions on activities.
- SB 1071 Charter; City of Colonial Heights.
- SB 1095 Land development plans; adds Town of Leesburg to localities that may develop procedure for review.
- SB 1102 Campaign finance disclosure; where and how to file candidate reports.
- SB 1103 Campaign finance disclosure; where and how to file candidate reports.
- SB 1144 Every Woman's Life Breast and Cervical Cancer Fund; established.
- SB 1324 Notice of election of district directors; posted in prominent location at each district office.
- SB 1358 Alternative fuel tax; exemption for agricultural operations.
Senate Bills on Third Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 810 Absentee voting; qualified voters may vote absentee in person without providing an excuse, etc.
- SB 849 Vacant building registration; Towns of Blacksburg and Vienna may require owner to register.
- SB 993 Federal write-in absentee ballots; witness requirement.
Senate Bills on Second Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 806 Nonresident decedents' personal property in State; transferor thereof may comply with law of state.
- SB 834 Public Procurement Act; procurement of architectural & professional engineering service for project.
- SB 837 State Law Library; authorized users.
- SB 887 Firefighters and Emergency Medical Technicians Procedural Guarantee Act; conduct of interrogations.
- SB 888 Deed of trust; assignment of penalty for failure to release.
- SB 918 New College Institute & Southern Virginia Higher Education Center; exempt from Personnel Act.
- SB 960 Credit cards; clarifies language allowing acceptance thereof by clerks to make it clear.
- SB 975 Subdivision roadways; conveys through quitclaim any interest of Dept. of Conservation & Recreation.
- SB 1016 P-16 Education Council; established as an advisory council within executive branch.
- SB 1017 Roanoke Higher Education Authority; removes Ferrum College from & corrects name.
- SB 1062 Community Integration Advisory Commission; extends sunset provision.
- SB 1063 Virginia Board for People with Disabilities; report.
- SB 1073 Sheriff department; performance of law-enforcement service requires no pre-notification to Division.
- SB 1085 Durable Do Not Resuscitate Orders; revocation.
- SB 1090 Annual and biennial reports; requires agencies, institutions, etc., to report to Governor, etc.
- SB 1107 Exposure to communicable diseases; first responders.
- SB 1109 Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Commission; extends sunset until July 1, 2014, etc.
- SB 1112 Tobacco Settlement Foundation; changes name to Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth.
- SB 1140 General Services, Department of; clarifies authority for management of real estate assets.
- SB 1150 Emergency response plans; ensuring victims' rights.
- SB 1163 Wireless E-911 Services Board; adds Director of Dept. of Emergency Management as a member.
- SB 1164 Wireless E-911 Fund; operating expense & administrative cost of Div. of Public Safety Communication.
- SB 1189 Law libraries, local; authorized to use space at public libraries, which may include flat rate.
- SB 1210 Real Estate Board; waiver of broker education requirements.
- SB 1236 Health, Board of; adds two members.
- SB 1249 Eastern Virginia Medical School; alters manner in which Board of Visitors is appointed.
- SB 1279 Economic Development Partnership Authority; powers of board of directors.
- SB 1286 Health, Department of; extends sunset provision for certain certificates of free sale.
- SB 1298 Juvenile disposition; allows court to reduce a felony to a misdemeanor after deferring adjudication.
- SB 1299 Administrative Process Act; certain requirement for agencies that submit documents or payments, etc.
- SB 1336 Broadband Advisory Council; established, report.
- SB 1338 Science and technology development and commercialization; promotion thereof in State.
Senate Bills on Second Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 842 Campaign finance; prohibited contributions from foreign nationals.
- SB 808 Foreign service officers of U.S.; provides certain requirements in suits for divorce and annulment.
- SB 961 Triggerman rule; redefinition thereof, penalty.
- SB 972 Building Code; enforcement of Property Maintenance Code by local governing body.
- SB 1037 Tuition, in-state; denied to illegal aliens.
- SB 1069 Fire marshals and assistant fire marshals; capital murder thereof.
- SB 1117 Mental Health, Mental Retardation & Substance Abuse Services, Department of; name change.
- SB 1217 Employment Dispute Resolution, Department of; powers and duties of Director.
- SB 1238 Rail and Public Transportation, Department of; Director may procure architectural, etc. services.
- SB 1266 School calendar; local school boards responsible for setting and eliminates post-Labor Day opening.
Senate Bills on First Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 802 Holland-Councill Memorial Bridge; designating as Route 58 bridge over Blackwater River.
- SB 803 Motorcycles, off-road; prohibits operation thereof on highways.
- SB 899 Distribution of handbills in highway right-of-way; grants City of Falls Church, etc. to prohibit.
- SB 911 Golf carts; allows governing body of Towns of Irvington or Saxis to authorize operation thereof.
- SB 941 SSG Jason R. Arnette (U.S.A.) Memorial Bridge; designating as Rt. 360 bridge over Goodes Bridge Rd.
- SB 974 Golf carts; may cross at intersection controlled by a traffic light in Town of Colonial Beach.
- SB 1027 Vehicle safety inspections; exemptions for certain commercial motor vehicles, trailers, etc.
- SB 1168 DMV records; contract with Postal Service to obtain updated addresses for Department's records.
- SB 1213 Alcoholic beverage control; designates as agents any licensed distiller who blends alcoholic bev.
- SB 1288 Parkway; term used in § 33.1-369 of Code does not include Jerry Falwell Parkway.
- SB 1415 Repossessed vehicles; person purchasing in another state may sell in State without obtaining title.
- SB 1438 Urban highway system construction funds; 2/3 portion of a city's funds can be used to service debt.
Senate Bills on First Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- SB 874 Mobile telephone and other wireless electronic devices; use of hands-free accessory while driving.
- SB 882 Parking; regulation thereof of watercraft, boat trailers, etc., in certain counties.
- SB 997 Trespassing vehicle; local regulation of removal and immobilization thereof.
- SB 1018 Hampton Roads Transportation Authority; abolished, disposition of revenues, etc.
- SB 1138 Parking on public highways; allows counties and towns, by ordinance, to regulate.
- SB 1239 Pedestrians and drivers; responsibilities thereof at marked and unmarked crosswalks.
Senate Joint Resolutions on Third Reading - Uncontested Calenda ... report | csv file
- SJ 278 Governor; confirming appointments.
- SJ 279 Governor; confirming appointments.
- SJ 280 Governor; confirming appointments.
- SJ 334 Governor; confirming appointments.
- SJ 367 Governor; confirming appointments.
Bills or Resolutions Rereferred ... report | csv file
- SB 872 TANF; eligibility for food stamps when convicted of drug-related felonies.
- SB 1066 Trains; fine for boarding or riding with fraudulent or counterfeit ticket, etc.
- SB 1106 Smoking in cars; unlawful for a person thereto when minor is present, civil penalty.
- SB 1200 Vehicle license fees and taxes; localities to exempt veterans and surviving spouses of veterans.
- SB 1224 Littering; person to perform community service if matter illegally dumped or ejected from vehicle.
- SB 1227 Driver's license, provisional; makes cell phone use while driving a primary offense.
- SB 1265 Unattended children in a motor vehicle; definition of child abuse and neglect.
- SB 1311 Correctional facilities, local; Danville and Pittsylvania to enter into a regional jail project.
- SB 1341 Alcoholic beverages; Class 3 misdemeanor when person permits underage person to consume.
- SB 1343 Restricted license eligibility while license is suspended; allows court to issue restricted license.
- SB 1360 Motor vehicle liability insurance coverage limits; increases, penalty.
- SB 1386 Jail construction, local and regional; adjusts state reimbursement therefor.
- SB 1413 Adult abuse; financial institution employees to report suspected financial abuse of elder persons.
- SB 1428 Safety lap belts and shoulder harness; admissibility of evidence of nonuse in civil actions.
House Bills Read First Time and Referred ... report | csv file
- HB 1664 Higher Education, Council of; eliminates requirement to develop crisis & emergency management plan.
- HB 1665 Higher Education, Council of; eliminates requirement to develop strategic statewide plan.
- HB 1679 Child abuse and neglect data; school board applicants.
- HB 1737 Income tax, state; conforms State with Internal Revenue Code.
- HB 1834 University of Virginia; repeals requirement that board of visitors submit annual report of progress.
House Joint Resolution Received and Laid on the Clerk's Desk ... report | csv file
Senate Bills and Resolutions Referred ... report | csv file
- SB 1497 Virginia Network for Geospatial Health Research Authority; created, report.
- SB 1498 Motor fuels tax; converts rates to percentage that shall be calculated by DMV Commissioner.
- SB 1499 E-Verify program; state agencies, etc. to verify social security number of newly hired employees.
- SB 1500 Overload and overweight permits; to establish a new schedule of fees.
- SB 1501 Mental Retardation Medicaid Waiver, etc.; elimination of waiting lists.
- SB 1502 Safety belt use; extends requirement for all occupants of a motor vehicle.
- SB 1503 Mental health court; Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court to establish in City of Richmond.
- SB 1504 Eastern Box Turtle; designating as official state reptile.
- SB 1505 Freedom of Information Act; proceedings for enforcement, relating to writs of mandamus, etc.
- SB 1506 Comprehensive Services Act Program; judicial assignment of services for children.
- SB 1507 Gas wells and related improvements; may be assessed on an annual basis in Buchanan County.
- SB 1508 Breaks Regional Airport Authority Act; created.
- SB 1509 Residential onsite sewage systems; replacement or modifications thereof to include nitrogen removal.
- SB 1510 Felons, nonviolent; those serving time in local facilities to receive good conduct credits.
- SB 1511 Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; amends Compact relating to Board membership, etc.
- SB 1512 Veterans Services, Department of; required to provide burial vaults at no cost to eligible veterans.
- SB 1513 Firearms; award of court costs, etc., to entity that prevails in action challenging locality.
- SB 1514 Real estate tax; notice of change in assessment.
- SB 1515 Wildlife; authorizes issuance of kill permit to an airport operator if finds creating a hazard.
- SB 1516 Tobacco products tax; changes tax on moist snuff.
- SB 1517 Home/electronic incarceration program; provides that is deemed term of confinement for offender.
- SB 1518 Charitable gaming; use of proceeds.
- SB 1519 Career and technical education diploma; delays implementation thereof.
- SB 1520 General registrars; appointment and compensation therefor.
- SB 1521 Economics education and financial literacy; repeals requirement in middle and high schools.
- SB 1522 Line of Duty Act; short-term disability benefits for state police officers.
- SB 1523 Southeastern Public Service Authority; required to entertain reasonable landfill gas contract offer.
- SB 1524 Zoning ordinances; broadens administrator's authority to determine vested rights.
- SB 1525 Conflicts of Interests Act, State and Local; prohibited contracts.
- SB 1526 License plates, special; issuance to those bearing legend: REMEMBERING PEARL HARBOR.
- SB 1527 Estheticians; extends grandfather period for licensure thereas until July 31, 2009.
- SB 1528 Concealed handgun permits; completion of firearms training, etc., may be done electronically.
- SB 1529 Employees, local; right to participate in political activities.
- SB 1530 Subdivision streets; acceptance into state secondary highway system.
- SB 1531 Capital outlay plan; constitutes State's six-year proposal for projects to be funded.
- SB 1532 Motor fuels tax; changes percentage in Northern Virginia.
- SB 1533 Special use permits; extension of expiration dates.
- SB 1534 Central Virginia Regional Transportation Authority; created.
- SB 1535 Planning district commissions; designates Planning District Commissions 1, 2, and 13.
- SB 1536 Subdivision ordinances; landlocked property.
- SB 1537 Arts and cultural districts; adds City of Fredericksburg to those localities authorized to create.
- SB 1538 Motorcycles; provides certain three-wheeled motor vehicles will be deemed passenger cars.
- SB 1539 Line of Duty Act; investigation of claims by police departments and sheriffs offices.
- SB 1540 Home/electronic incarceration; sentencing guidelines.
- SB 1541 Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act; officer be given notice before being questioned .
- SB 1542 Alcoholic beverage control; privatization of ABC stores.
- SJ 387 HOT lanes; expressing sense of General Assembly concerning contracts entered into by VDOT.
- SJ 390 U.S. Constitution; memorializing Congress to propose an amendment for balanced budget requirement.
- SJ 392 National School Breakfast Week; designating as week of first Sunday in March 2009, and each year.
- SJ 396 Global warming and energy problems; recognizing need to utilize scientific principles to address.
- SJ 397 Saltwater anglers; Marine Resources Commission to examine creation of comprehensive registry.
- SJ 399 Federal budget, balanced; Congress urged to propose legislation requiring.
Resolutions Presented ... report | csv file
- SJ 388 Resolution; Commending United Network for Organ Sharing.
- SJ 389 Celebrating the life of William E. Fears.
- SJ 391 Celebrating the life of Leslie Funk Herdegen Rohrer.
- SJ 393 Commending the Children's Hospital at Johnson City Medical Center.
- SJ 394 Commending the crew of John Adams.
- SJ 395 Commemorating the life of Thomas Jefferson on the occasion of the 265th anniversary of his birth.
- SJ 398 Celebrating the life of Joseph V. Gartlan, Jr.
- SJ 400 Celebrating the life of Edgar Hall Bartley, Jr.